Xichun, the first daughter of the Red Chamber

After breakfast, Xichun and Jinhan hurriedly changed into their court clothes, Jinhan managed to change a few times, but Xichun still had to put on high-end make-up.

Xichun was impatient and urged her from time to time, but Jin Han comforted her by saying that it was too late.

When the two of them were ready, they went out to enter the palace. The driver was a veteran, and he was very skilled. He didn't feel much shaking when he walked all the way. Although there were many people on the street outside, he didn't hear anyone rushing to avoid the carriage. sound.

Xichun was surprised to hear this, and became more and more curious.

Jinhan saw Xichun's curiosity, and said with a smile, "This road is often used by honorable ministers to enter the palace. Those common people are used to it. If they see this kind of carriage from a distance, they will avoid it in advance."

Jinhan even directly raised the curtains of the car to show Xichun, "This road has also been specially repaired. It is one of the main roads, and it is twice as wide as ordinary roads."

Xichun also noticed that the common people walked and set up stalls on both sides of the road, leaving a gap in the middle.

Jin Han also introduced those stalls to her, "Almost all the stalls here sell food. It is the busiest in the morning. Many officials will buy some food on the road here before they go to court. There are a few of them that are even more rare. Ordinarily, few people can It’s so delicious, sometimes it’s late in the morning.”

Then Jinhan pointed to those stalls and told her which one had the salty, fragrant and tender tofu, which one had thin-skinned steamed stuffed buns and which one had the most delicious fish skin.

Xichun's eyes lit up when he heard it, "Have you eaten all of these?"

Jin Han shook his head, "Where have I ever eaten? Yang Zicheng told me these." In fact, Yang Zicheng bought these foods and sent them to Jin Yue, but he just borrowed his name.

Jin Han put down the curtain, "But if we have time later, we can try it together."

Xichun smiled with crooked eyebrows, "Okay."

When the two arrived at the gate of the palace, a little eunuch smiled and came forward to salute and invite them in.

The two followed the little eunuch and walked in until they reached a large hall.

Although Xichun had only been to this palace once, it made her remember deeply what it was.

Xichun was secretly suspicious, logically speaking, she should have gone to the harem to meet the queen mother, why did she also bring her here?

Jin Han was also puzzled, and was about to ask, when Feng Tao came up to him.

Feng Tao saluted the two with a smile, "The king and concubine of the county are here, Your Majesty is just asking about it."

Xichun and Jinhan quickly avoided Feng Tao's gift, and quickly said that they were late.

Feng Tao smiled and led them in, "This is the first time Your Majesty has been a matchmaker for someone. I don't say anything, but I think about it in my heart. When an old slave came back yesterday, he was specially called to ask about the wedding scene. Seeing that the wedding candy cake is exquisite, it is rare to taste it."

Jin Han immediately said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for caring about my husband and I."

Feng Tao turned his head and smiled at Xichun again: "Don't be afraid of the princess, your majesty has seen it before, and he is the most kind. I will send you to visit the queen mother later."

Xichun smiled, but said nothing, but her heart was terribly cold.

To Emperor Jingchang, Xichun can be described with words such as admiration and respect, but it is really impossible to associate the word kindness with him.

Feng Tao led them into the main hall, "Your Majesty, the king and concubine of Nan'an are here."

Xichun and Jinhan went to the center and knelt down to salute without looking sideways. Emperor Jingchang hummed, "Get up and sit down."

The little eunuch at the side brought up two small embroidered piers, and the two thanked them again before sitting down.

Emperor Jing Chang looked at the two of them carefully, Jin Han looked straight ahead, but Xi Chun lowered his gaze, as if there were flowers on the green bricks on the ground.

Emperor Jingchang smiled, "Looking at what you did in the past, you are not a coward. Why are you so restrained today? What treasure is there on this earth?"

Only then did Xichun raise her eyes slightly, and replied respectfully: "When I was young, my ministers were ignorant, acted boldly, and repeatedly offended the beauty of heaven, Your Majesty is generous and don't allow me to care about it. Now that my ministers are older, naturally they must be polite."

Emperor Jingchang shook his head with a smile, "It's normal for a daughter in the boudoir to be favored, and to act pampered. Now that you are a married woman, you are responsible for the whole family. It is just right to act prudently."

Xichun stood up and saluted, "The courtiers lead the training."

Emperor Jingchang looked at Jinhan again, and sighed secretly in his heart. The marriage of these two people is a bad debt. Now that things have happened, he can only hope that these two people will fall in love with each other and love each other for a lifetime.

Thinking of this, Emperor Jingchang noticed that Jinhan's eyes were looking towards Xichun from the corner of his eyes. Although he tried to be calm on his face, there was also a hint of anxiety and concern.

Emperor Jingchang's mood immediately improved a lot, "You two are good boys, from now on... have a good time."

Jin Han also stood up and saluted Emperor Jingchang together with Xichun.

Emperor Jingchang asked someone to help them up, "The king of the county will talk to me for a while, and the princess of the county can go and accompany the queen mother."

Xichun and Jinhan responded respectfully, and a young eunuch came up to guide Xichun to go out.

The young eunuch looks ordinary, but the smile on his face has been kept silent, which makes people feel that the smile looks comfortable. The eunuch obviously intends to make friends with Xichun, and he told Xichun about the empress dowager's temperament and preferences along the way, and Those female officers next to the Queen Mother.

Xichun also accepted his kindness and smiled at each other along the way.

When they arrived in front of the Empress Dowager's palace, the young eunuch stopped with a smile, and there was only a little maid sitting there yawning at the gate of the palace, and when she saw them coming, she quickly got up and saluted.

The eunuch asked her to go in to report, the little maid nodded and sighed, then turned and went in.

Xichun was dumbfounded. She also knew some things about the Empress Dowager's palace. It can be said that the Empress Dowager has been devoting herself to worshiping the Buddha since she became the Empress Dowager. He released all the young people in his palace, leaving only a few older ones to accompany him. Later, Emperor Jingchang was afraid that the Empress Dowager's palace would be too deserted, so he specially arranged for some new young ladies to come and fill them up. Flexible and energetic.

These little palace ladies only did the most basic training before sending them here. Because of the empress dowager's doting, they are more and more escaped on weekdays. The young eunuchs also told Xichun on the way here before, but Xichun never thought that she would escape to the next level. This point!

The young eunuch coughed dryly, "The slave is waiting here, and I will lead the princess back later."

Only then did Xichun come back to her senses, and said with a smile, "I'm in trouble, Father-in-law." As she spoke, she stuffed a purse into his hand.

The eunuch was taken aback for a moment, holding the purse and was hesitating when he heard Xichun say: "I don't know why, seeing that my father-in-law looks familiar, I always feel that I must have met him somewhere. The father-in-law was missing when I was leading the way, but I may have misremembered."

The eunuch smiled deeper, and with a movement of his hand, he put the purse into the hidden pocket of his cuff, "The princess of the county has a good memory."

Xichun nodded, "That's really a coincidence, I don't know what to call my father-in-law?"

The eunuch said: "The slave's name is Laifu, and I am fortunate to follow the master's surname, Feng."

There is only one eunuch surnamed Feng in Jingchang Emperor's Palace.

Xichun saluted and said, "So it's Father Laifu."

Laifu hurriedly avoided, "Oh, the Princess of the County is such a slave."

Lai Fu's sharp eyes saw a female official walking towards him, so he hurriedly stepped aside.

The female officer was about 50 years old, with a peaceful face and a faint scent of sandalwood on her body.

The female officer saluted with a smile and asked Xichun to follow her in, "The Queen Mother is doing her homework, Princess Laojun will wait for a while."

Xichun naturally said that it should be done, and that the Empress Dowager should not be missed to pay respects to the Buddha.

The female officer led Xichun in, and when she reached the main hall, she bent down and retreated.

Xichun directly knelt down.

An old man in the main hall is sitting and reading a book, wearing ordinary clothes, but those embroidered minions are not ordinary.

Xichun kowtowed, "Jia Mei, Princess of Nan'an Prince's Mansion, pays her respects to the Supreme Emperor."

The Supreme Emperor didn't even look at her, "It's smart."

After the Taishanghuang said this sentence, there was no more to say, and Xichun didn't dare to make a sound or get up, and just knelt down quietly like that.

I don't know how long the time passed, the queen mother came in from the outside, saw Xichun kneeling on the ground without stopping, took a sip of tea after sitting down, and asked slowly: "Which family is this child? Why is she kneeling on the ground?" On the ground?"

The female official smiled and said: "Queen Mother, have you forgotten? This is the princess of Nan'an Prince's Mansion. She just got married yesterday. She passed the papers a few days ago and is going to visit you in the palace today."

The queen mother said lightly: "Really? I'm getting old and useless. Good boy, get up quickly."

Xichun kowtowed again, "Thank you Queen Mother!"

No one came to help her, so Xichun had no choice but to endure the pain in her legs and stand up.

The queen mother said softly: "Good boy, raise your head and let Aijia see."

Xichun raised her head and looked down slightly.

After a while, the Empress Dowager nodded, "He is really a good boy, he has a kind face when he looks at him, which makes people like him."

The queen mother motioned to the female officer beside her to bring up the things, "It's the first time I see you today, and it's a good day for you, and I don't have anything good for you. These pieces of jewelry belonged to Aijia when she was young. These are ridiculous, you are the same age as Hua, and these are just right."

Xichun knelt down to thank her, but out of the corner of her eye, she found that besides the opened jewelry box, there were several books in the dark red wooden tray.

The queen mother said again: "Ai's family loves to recite Buddha's name and give away scriptures and books to others, but you are young, and you will inevitably become dull if you read too much of them. After thinking about it, the Four Books for Women are more suitable. Although they are familiar things, you can read a few more. There is always a new experience.”

Xichun lowered her eyes, knowing in her heart that this was beating her, and she only thanked her on her face, not daring to show any bad emotions.

The empress dowager did not keep her after she sent the things out, and asked the female officer to send her out. Not long after Xichun left, the empress dowager also got up and left, but still didn't say a word.

The Queen Mother was really relieved when the Supreme Emperor also left, and rested her head tiredly.

The female officer lowered her legs lightly, and the room suddenly fell silent.

After a while, the queen mother opened her eyes and looked at the palace door.

The sunlight outside the palace gate was just right, some fine sunlight fell through the gaps between the branches and fell on the ground, it was clear and translucent, and it was really beautiful. Coupled with the silver bell-like laughter of those little maids, people couldn't help but feel better.

The corner of the Empress Dowager's mouth raised a smile, the female officer saw it, and said softly: "These children are naughty, but watching them make trouble, I always feel that I am much younger."

After hearing this, the queen mother smiled even deeper.

But no, that person lived longer and returned more and more, and even ran over to her to embarrass a child.